Tarzan the Ape Man
Johnny Weissmuller swings into action as Tarzan!Caught between two worlds, a man who was orphaned in the African jungle as a baby and raised by apes has grown to rule and to protect the wild beasts, a hero known only as Tarzan.On an expedition into the heart of Africa to find the fabled Elephant Graveyard, European big-game hunter James Parker (C. Aubrey Smith), Parker's daughter, Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), and her fiancé Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton) are blocked at every turn by a mysterious man who seems to command the allegiance of the animals. When this ape-man (Weissmuller) spirits Jane away to his home in the trees, he slowly melts her heart--and when the expedition leaves Africa, she chooses to remain in the jungle with Tarzan, The Ape Man.Based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O'Sullivan
Director W. S. Van Dyke II